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Published online 5 March 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030303-3
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Cells moved by geometry
Placed in tiny prisons, cells feel the walls and prepare to escape at the corners.
Cells are good at geometry, a new study shows. They prefer acute to obtuse angles1.
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